I raise a filly by giving her cattle colostrum. Her am died directly after she was born. The owner was so upset she called and offer me the paint horse filly 2 AM in the morning.... Told her to grow up milk that mare and give that baby some milk....
I had just got over raising a spoil rotten paint filly of my own. (still rotten to this day) 7 years old. She was raised on goats milk, lots of goats milk.
Anyway not want another horse I couldn't help it called at six in the morning to see how the filly was doing. She hadn't done anything with the poor little filly. The husband had pulled the mare out to bury her so wife couldn't see her... I told her I was on the way over to get her. With one request she would paper her if I saved her. The answer was yes. It was a forty mile trip over to her house. All the way I though What am I doing????
I took my Van to put her in. That way I could watch her while looking for some colostrum milk, Drove to my goat milk source dairy It was not kidding time and no milk. They called a friend who had a milk cow dairy. They said I could go get some there to go to the milk barn . OK on the road again just couple miles this time. At the barn no one spoke English... Finally I had the guy to follow me to the van to show him what I had. He under stood then. With a big smile he got me 2 five gallon buckle of fresh colostrum milk. With his broken English he said she'll be ok now good luck.
When I finally got home that filly was so hungry It took only minutes to teach her how to suck out of a bucket. Boy was I releaved that she was strong.
I raised her on the little goats my friends could spare and powdered low fat milk mixture some old cowboy told me about.
She grew to be a show horse for the people I sold her to at 2 years old...
Sure hope I don't have raise another one.
To me goats milk is the best supplement feed when available for any animal...
